dole
∞
4.1
- noun
- /doʊl/
- UK
:
prestación por desempleo
- Fewer people are on the dole, so there is less cost to the taxpayer.
Do you know I've never drawn the dole.
- Do you know I've never drawn the dole.
- I had to come on the dole and it was probably a miserable year, you know, of sitting around being told no.
- They go to job centres and they give them a job in the door because just to get my off the dole, you know, I'll go Tesco's, I'll get to Bournemouth from Tesco's.
Examples
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I agree people should get off the dole and go to work.
Blog text (15) -
Many unemployed individuals find it difficult to survive on just the dole without additional support.
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You need to get down the dole office, Michael.
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I grew up on a council estate with a dad on the dole and a mum on the booze.
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After years in show business, he had to sign on the dole because he was broke, and this is his back-to-work plan.
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It's not easy when you're on the dole and have five mouths to feed.
Fiction book (2000) -
Some have lived on the dole for generations, and they need to be cured of entitlement disease.
Blog text (13) -
It's challenging to raise a family when you rely solely on dole payments from the government.
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While receiving dole can be helpful, many people prefer to find work to support themselves.
Synonyms
7
3.2
Money a government pays to people who lose their jobs
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3.2
Money the government gives to people or families who have little money
Money from the government for people who have no work
Money the government pays to people without a job to help them
Money the government gives to people so they have enough to live
Antonyms
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Etymology
Dole comes from an old English word dal meaning 'share' or 'portion', and it is like the common word deal which means to give out. So 'the dole' is the share of money the government gives to people who are unemployed.